Among the areas of progress within the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus, is the Summer Reading Programme which the campus will be launching shortly, targeting students from Tain Primary and Mc Gowan Primary Schools on the Corentyne. Director of the campus,Cheap NBA Gear, Prof. Hon. Daizal Samad said the campus is providing free transportation for the children who will be involved in this annual drive to enhance literacy among Guyana’s children.He also made this announcement: “Our Writing Lab is just about ready!” The Writing Lab,China NFL Jerseys, he said,cheap nfl jerseys china, will be primarily for students who can have their research papers and assignments proof-read by professionals. This lab, which will run workshops for CXC students as well, will be opened by September for the new academic year, and will be operated on a cost- recovery basis.“I think Turkeyen has one [a writing lab],cheap nfl jerseys sale, but our idea, I think, is a bit more ambitious”, he added.He noted that the campus is continuing with infrastructural work whereby new lighting was added around the campus. New computer tables, computers and suites have been added at the newly- refurbished Computer Centre at the UGBC Johns Campus. “That is on the go and is functioning well”, he said.The Professor revealed that there is planned,NFL Jerseys Cheap Authentic, an “Extraordinary Orientation” for new students. “A week orientation where we do workshops in written and spoken English, on Math and Information Technology but also a session on maturation”, he noted. He said that the sessions will seek to involve the new intake and the parents, too, “So we tell them what we expect from them and not have them here guessing what they ought to be doing, and let parents know that there are also parental obligations,” like learning what are deadlines and the parental involvement in the tertiary level of the education system.He mentioned key corporate ties with the companies like Nand Persaud Company Limited offering a “significant award for graduation 2011” to any field of the university’s choice. The campus continues its involvement with the Felix Austin Police College (FAPC) with more training of recruits to be done during the coming weeks. Professor Samad charged the public to not downplay the new recruits of the FAPC “and not diminish them by dumping them automatically with cops that are not as clean as they should be”. The Berbice Campus continues to be supportive to the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) by housing trainees at the Johns Campus location. A number of Lecturers and Librarians have also been attending international conferences in the USA and the West Indies as well. There will also be a series of workshops shortly to be held by Dr Joseph Farley from France. He will be holding IT workshops for staff and students free of cost.Prof Samad also revealed that while he was in the United States recently, he acquired three student scholarships from generous individuals. These scholarships have a value of 4 years each and will be based on performance and a strict financial needs analysis.Despite certain obstacles in the way, Prof Samad said that the campus is pressing forward with development in every area and that progress continues.He hinted at some ‘struggles’ that are being directed towards him from certain individuals whom he named. That, he said,Wholesale Jerseys, would not stop the campus from providing quality and accessible tertiary education to the Berbice community. |